She pored over the reports, looking for errors.
•I need to take a few hours to pore over these contracts and see if they are ready to be signed.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
pore over something — pore over (something) to look at and carefully study a document. She spends a lot of time poring over the historical records of the church … New idioms dictionary
pore over something — ˈpore over sth derived to look at or read sth very carefully Syn: ↑examine • His lawyers are poring over the small print in the contract. Main entry: ↑porederived … Useful english dictionary
pore over — ˈpore ˌover [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pore over he/she/it pores over present participle poring over … Useful english dictionary
pore over — (something) to look at and carefully study a document. She spends a lot of time poring over the historical records of the church … New idioms dictionary
pore over — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pore over : present tense I/you/we/they pore over he/she/it pores over present participle poring over past tense pored over past participle pored over pore over something to examine or read something very… … English dictionary
ˈpore ˌover sth — phrasal verb to examine or read something very carefully and in a lot of detail Ben was poring over computer printouts with an engineer.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
pore over — verb to examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively … Wiktionary
pore — pore1 [ pɔr ] noun count one of the very small holes in your skin that SWEAT can pass through a. a very small hole in the surface of a plant from every pore used for emphasizing that someone has a very strong feeling that they cannot hide: Anger… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pore - pour — These words are both pronounced . ◊ pore A pore is a small hole in the skin of a person or animal. There was dirt in the pores around his nose. ◊ pore over If you pore over something such as a piece of writing or a map, you examine it carefully.… … Useful english dictionary
pore — pore, pour The verb pore means ‘to think closely about (a subject)’ and is chiefly used in the phrasal verb to pore over (a book etc.). It is sometimes mistakenly written as pour, perhaps by false analogy with ‘pouring attention’ over something … Modern English usage
pore — pore1 [po: US po:r] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin porus, from Greek poros way through ] one of the small holes in your skin that liquid, especially ↑sweat, can pass through, or a similar hole in the surface of a plant pore 2… … Dictionary of contemporary English
